62 Belvedere 2 dr post

[Small Block]

Complete car and in fairly good shape. This is a great Max Wedge candidate. I'll get pics posted later. It's in West Plains, Mo and has a 318 in it. Just selling as i have way too many projects and will probably never get to it and i know what it feels like when you want one and can't find one. So now that we solved that issue here is one for ya. Perfect grill and there is rust in trunk and some in floor but overall very solid. This is a somewhat rare car. $5000 and will consider real offers. Might assist in delivery. Pics coming. I'll be posting more so keep looking.

 

[daredevil]

i want to see this one

 

[CUDACOLLINS]

Check your mail box. Sent you a pm.

 

[Small Block]

Cudacollins: I sent you a pm and we'll send pick soon. Vic will be posting them here also. Keep watching Daredevil.

 

[Vic Storm]

Here are a couple pics, this is a sweet car.

 

[696pack]

Most people have no idea how hard it is to kill that kind of rust in order to hold paint.

 

[Small Block]

Most people that would want this car will know the ins and outs of restorations or know someone that will. A Wal Mart cashier probably wouldn't have a clue, ya think? Like changing a tire with a toothpick and a paper clip. You and i know which tire tools to use and the correct methods so as to make it a safe and succesful project. Anymore of that vast wisdom you have piled up out there in Arizona 6pak?

 

[mr.belvedere]

hey, where are all the basket cases? they're more in my price range :rolling:
where were all these nice complete builders ten years ago when i had money and nobody was making parts? now that all the tin is available for most mopars, i can't even find a rust bucket for under $2500! oh well..........nice car-good luck with the sale.

 

[696pack]

Most people that would want this car will know the ins and outs of restorations or know someone that will. A Wal Mart cashier probably wouldn't have a clue, ya think? Like changing a tire with a toothpick and a paper clip. You and i know which tire tools to use and the correct methods so as to make it a safe and succesful project. Anymore of that vast wisdom you have piled up out there in Arizona 6pak?

I was born and raised in the rust belt in N.W. Illinois on the Mississippi River for the first 30 years of my life and have probably forgotten more about rusty cars than most here know of them.

I made that statement because even people that have knowledge of rust repair are not aware the when a car has been sitting without paint and allowed to rust like that, the rust goes very deep into the metal. It pits it so heavily that you can't sand it deep enough to stop it, or it reaches a point of no return. Much of that metal may not even be salvageable. Many look at those pictures and think "oh that is just surface rust," but it appears to be much heaveiler than that to me.

These old cars don't have the thick metal of the cars of the 30s that when rusted like this could be saved simply because of the metal thickness compared to cars from the 60s.

 

[Small Block]

Well said 6pak. If one doesn't know the ins and outs of restoration then they may be better off buying a Civic or maybe a...Prelude..or a Cobalt. Knowledge is a great thing and i'm always up for learning what others know so if there is a good book on this matter i would be interested in owning one if you know of one or you have had one published. That would make a nice Christmas gift. An acid dip works very well.

 

[696pack]

The problem comes from them sitting without paint for long periods of time with water/ dew wetting and drying. The rust just keeps penitrating deeper and deeper. The only way to arrest it is to remove it down to virgin metal. As I said, the problem is that the metal is not all that thick on these cars, that and grinding too much away then causes problems in keeping the metal straight and from warping due to the heat of the process.

Acid dipping was used for lightening race cars back in the day, but again, the metal got real thin real quick, to the point that if you leaned on the car it dented it.

My only point was to alert anyone of what they MAY be getting into. Maybe this car has not been sitting out without paint all that long, maybe it was moved inside shorty after the paint disappeared. Either way it would require some sanding investigation if it were a car that I was considering buying.

 

[daredevil]

that would be too cool in primer tubbed with a tunnel ram

 

[evanbrendel]

or blower

 

[daredevil]

or blower

I like the way you think.:grin:

 

[daredevil]

I have :grin:

this should be your own thread jmo. ive been guilty of the same thing b4 though so dont be too mad at me for saying so

 

[Vic Storm]

So I guess the crusher is the only thing for that car huh 696pack? So tell that to the street rod guys over at club hotrod that deal with nothing but rusted parts pulled out of the ground and make beautiful cars out of them. There has to be a way to do it right or there wouldn't be any metal street rods restored at all. What about POR 15 or other things like that? It's just hard for me to give up on cars because of rust.

 

[696pack]

So I guess the crusher is the only thing for that car huh 696pack? So tell that to the street rod guys over at club hotrod that deal with nothing but rusted parts pulled out of the ground and make beautiful cars out of them. There has to be a way to do it right or there wouldn't be any metal street rods restored at all. What about POR 15 or other things like that? It's just hard for me to give up on cars because of rust.

First of all, if you read all of my comments about this car you will realize that the original comment is simply information regarding rust on unpainted metal.

Street rods built out of 20-30-40s car have the luxury of having considerably thicker metal than cars of the 50s-up. The problem is that when a car is left in the elements without paint and allowed to rust, each year the rust gets deeper and deeper. You have to arrest the rusting process before you can start applying primer or paint or eventually the rust will appear again. My point was that depending on how deep the rust is on ANY car like this is, you have to REMOVE all of the rusted metal before you can apply any primer or paint. Por 15 or other inhibitors are simply a "patch" and unless the car is never wet again the rust WILL reappear. If you think otherwise you are just kidding yourself.

Go back and read ALL of my comments in this thread as I am not going to repeat myself for the sake of responding to your comments.